The European Parliament has published a draft of the text of the resolution it has adopted on its annual report on banking union. The Parliament’s resolution is divided into themes, these being resolution, supervision and deposit insurance. The Parliament notably encourages all states that have yet to join the Euro currency to do so or to join the banking union, so as to align the internal market with the same.

It also expresses concern at the growth of the shadow banking sector and highlights that the UK’s Brexit referendum result now requires a substantive assessment of EU-wide financial supervision, with particular focus on ensuring that exit negotiations played out between the two parties should not lead to an uneven playing field between non-EU and EU financial institutions. In particular, the Parliament stands by the current levels of regulation and suggests that the exit vote and negotiations should not be used to generally promote deregulation of the financial markets across the EU as this may have dire economic consequences internationally.

The resolution can be found here.